BRANDYWINE, BATTLE OF THE

in the American Revolution, fought Sept. 11, 1777, along Brandywine Creek. The creek, formed by two small branches in SE Pennsylvania, flows southeast to join, near Wilmington, Del., the Christina River, which empties into the Delaware. The British under Sir William Howe were advancing on Philadelphia from Elkton, Md., and General Washington, realizing that they would cross the stream, placed most of his army at Chadds Ford. Howe sent General Wilhelm Knyphausen to feint an attack at Chadds Ford, while he himself, with General Cornwallis, struck the American right flank, where Gen. John Sullivan could not check the attack. Washington ordered a retreat to Chester, Pa. The British continued their advance and took Philadelphia (Sept. 27, 1777).

See H. S. Canby, The Brandywine (1941).

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Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain
Book by Robert K. Krick; University of North Carolina Press, 1990
Subjects: Cedar Mountain (Culpeper County, Va.), Battle Of, 1862, Jackson, Stonewall--1824-1863
...artillery fired the opening rounds of the battle. The artillery of Ewells division...and fired the first big guns of the battle. Confederate horsemen had been...had matter-of-factly explained the handling of battles ultimate currency to his chaplain...
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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
Book by James M. McPherson; Oxford University Press, 1988
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
...Industrialization: Evidence from the Brandywine Region, 1800-1860," Journal of Economic History, 42...Philadelphia, where a pair of three-way battles between Protestants, Irish Catholics, and the militia left at least sixteen...
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The Road to Valley Forge: How Washington Built the Army That Won the Revolution
Book by John Buchanan; Wiley, 2004
Subjects: Generals--United States--Biography, Howe, Richard Howe--Earl--1726-1799, Howe, William Howe--Viscount--1729-1814, United States--Continental Army--History, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British Forces, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Manpower, Washington, George--1732-1799--Military Leadership
...1776 12 The Battle of Long Island and the Retreat from New York 53 Attack on Trenton 157 The Battle of Brandywine and the Pennsylvania_New Jersey Area of Operations 239 The Battle of Germantown 275 Preface The impact...
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The Written Suburb: An American Site, an Ethnographic Dilemma
Book by John D. Dorst; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1989
Subjects: Chadds Ford (Pa.)--Social Life And Customs, Ethnology--Pennsylvania--Chadds Ford, Ethnology--United States--Case Studies, Postmodernism--Pennsylvania--Chadds Ford, Postmodernism--United States--Case Studies, Suburban Life--Pennsylvania--Chadds Ford, Suburban Life--United States--Case Studies, Tourism--Pennsylvania--Chadds Ford, Tourism--United States--Case Studies
...Revolutionary War, focusing on the Battle of the Brandywine September 11, 1777 , which...historical significance Battle of the Brandywine and artistic heritage the...special reference to the Battle of the Brandywine, the major skirmish of which...
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American Campaigns - Vol. 2
Book by Matthew Forney Steele; Byron S. Adams, 1909
Subjects: Battles--United States, Tactics, United States--History, Military, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
...Battle of Long Island. Trenton and Princeton. Battle of Freemans Farm or Bemis Heights. The Battle of the Brandywine. Battle of Germantown. Battle of Monmouth. Greene and Cornwallis in the Carolinas...
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Fiction as a Springboard to U.S. History Research Projects
Journal article by Frances A. Nadeau; Social Studies, Vol. 85, 1994
Subjects: History--Study And Teaching, Social Sciences--Study And Teaching
...occurred in this section of Pennsylvania. Topics : Brandywine Creek, Battle of 1777 Germantown, Battle of 1777 Valley Forge...1777-1778 Pre-Civil War: Fox, Paula, The Slave Dancer (Dell, 1973 ).Thirteen-year-old...
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The Papers of George Washington. Revolutionary War Series
Journal article by Charles Royster; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 69, 2003
Subjects: The Papers of George Washington: Revolutionary War Series (Book)
...documents that came to Washington provide no context or explanation for their contents. Consequently, we find for the battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777, an "Editorial Note" that is substantially longer than the eight short letters it ably explains...
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Critical Incidents in the Evolutionary History of Personal Freedom
Journal article by Russell N. Cassel; College Student Journal, Vol. 37, 2003
Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Hamilton, Alexander--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jefferson, Thomas--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Liberty--Social aspects, Locke, John--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Madison, James--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Roosevelt, Eleanor--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...South Carolina in July 1777, and Congress made him a Major General on Washingtonis staff. 4. He was wounded at the Battle of Brandywine, September, 1777. 5. In 1779 Lafayette was given leave to return to France where he spent a year seeking French...
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"Something of His Own Soil": Jewish History, Mural Painting, and Bernard Zakheim in San Francisco (1)
Journal article by M. Elizabeth Boone; American Jewish History, Vol. 90, 2002
Subjects: Artists, Jewish--Criticism and interpretation, Jewish artists--Criticism and interpretation, Zakheim, Bernard--Criticism and interpretation
...highest rank attained by a Jewish officer in the Revolutionary War. In 1777, he received a severe thigh wound in the Battle of Brandywine. Bush and his men are indistinguishable from the body of Revolutionary troops. In the background next to an American...
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African-Americans and Minority Language Maintenance in the United States
Journal article by Mark L. Louden; The Journal of Negro History, Vol. 85, 2000
Subjects: African Americans--Languages, Black English--Social aspects, Languages, Mixed--Social aspects, Pidgin languages--Social aspects, Slaves--Languages, Sociolinguistics--Research
...interpreter for General Custer, was killed with Custer at the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876. 70 A final aspect of the...English features in the speech of one such group, the Brandywines of southern Maryland. 72 Gilbert further documents the...
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The Legacy of Lafayette
Magazine article by Nicholas Dungan; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 136, July 2007
Subjects: Generals--Biography, Lafayette
...signed his letters with great flourishes of affection. In September 1777, Lafayette conducted himself bravely at the Battle of Brandywine--successfully rallying American colonist soldiers who were in the process of beating a hasty retreat--and was...
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Patriotic Ramble
Magazine article by Matthew Stevenson; The American Enterprise, Vol. 12, July 2001
Subjects: Historic sites--Appreciation, Jefferson, Thomas--Homes and haunts, National monuments--Appreciation, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865, United States--Antiquities, White House--Description and travel
...encounters with the British (having been absent from the triumph at Saratoga). Washington was crushed at the battle of Long Island, beaten at Brandywine, and crossed the Hudson in flight. But at Yorktown, he and his French allies cut off the redcoats...
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Magazine article by Warren Mass; The New American, Vol. 24, March 3, 2008
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...in defense of the liberties of his country against ... great invading powers." Pulaski joined Washington during the Battle of Brandywine in 1777. The Polish generals performance was so outstanding that he was named as Brigadier General of the American...
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Curing the Continental Army's IIIs: Declaration of Independence Signer, Noted Physician, Teacher, and Political Writer Benjamin Rush Led the Reform of Many Medical Problems in the Continental Army
Magazine article by Jodie Gilmore; The New American, Vol. 21, April 4, 2005
Subjects: Hospitals, Military--History, Military hospitals--History, Rush, Benjamin--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, United States. Continental Army--Officials and employees
...Americans--and a capable physician of his day. Rush personally attended the wounded on the battlefields of the second battle of Trenton and at Brandywine, where he saw firsthand how bad the conditions at the hospitals were. In an attempt to remedy the problems...
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A Loyalist in the American Revolution
Magazine article; World and I, Vol. 15, August 2000
Subjects: Ferguson, Patrick--Portrayals, Revolutionaries--Portrayals, Revolutionists--Portrayals
...truth about the alleged Washington incident at Brandywine depends on the reliability of the surgeon who, after speaking to some wounded...Hell" would not drive him from it--in the heat of battle, to rally the morale of his beleaguered troops...
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...Days, the Defense of the Peninsula and the Battle of Williamsburg" are topics at a seminar to be held on the campus of the College of William and Mary...19-20: The Historic Surratt Museum, 9118 Brandywine Road in Clinton, will hold a Spring Open...
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...of Congress, Lafayette was voted to the rank of major general. During the Revolutionary War, he was wounded at the Battle of Brandywine, "demonstrating bravery that forever endeared him to American soldiers," Congress notes. He was conferred honorary...
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Brandywine, Battle of The
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BRANDYWINE, BATTLE OF THE in the American...11, 1777, along Brandywine Creek. The creek, formed...stream, placed most of his army at Chadds...S. Canby, The Brandywine (1941...Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University...
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Chadds Ford
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CHADDS FORD see Brandywine, battle of the . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Pennsylvania
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...The state was invaded by British troops, and notable engagements were fought in 1777 on the Brandywine (see Brandywine, battle of the ) and at Germantown . Philadelphia was occupied by the British, while Valley Forge witnessed the heroic...
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Sullivan, John
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...George Washington at the battle of Long Island, he was captured by the British. He was exchanged...Princeton and later at Brandywine and Germantown. In 1778...Loyalists were defeated in the battle of Newtown (near Elmira...
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Coatesville
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